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November 24, 2008
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‘I’ll never forget’
Best from the Net What we’re saying at TheHockeyNews.com THE KHL GAME I’D LIKE TO TELL you about is the first one we played after Alexei Cherepanov died; when my team, Dynamo Minsk, played against his team, Avangard Omsk in Omsk. I’ll never forget it. In the hotel we were staying at in Omsk, I came across a news show on the Cherepanov tragedy. It was in Russian, but it was easy to follow as they interviewed his mother. I felt so bad for her; you could see how much pain she was in and how difficult it must have been for her to lose her son at such a young age. After the show, I walked down to Igor Ulanov’s room to hang out and discovered he had watched the same show. He…
BEST OF THE REST
ECHL Ivy League bolsters Falcons The Fresno Falcons’ opening-game roster included five former Ivy Leaguers. Defenseman Daryl Marcoux and forwards Grant Goeckner-Zoeller, Dustin Sproat and Kyle Hagel all played at Princeton – where former Falcon Guy Gadowsky is the coach – and tough guy Brennan Turner spent three seasons at Yale. “When you figure in our dumb guys, we average out to about a junior college,” coach-GM Matt Thomas joked to the Fresno Bee. The Falcons, 4-2-0 after six games, know they’ve got options. “If we can’t beat people on the ice,” assistant coach Ryan Mougenel told the Bee, “we’ll beat ‘em in a debate.” – MIKE MASTOVICH NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE Overcoming long odds Motor City Machine goal-tender Joe Rogers, 18, truly is an inspirational story. The Marysville, Mich., native was born without a fully developed…
Potulny still pushing
Ryan Potulny Springfield Falcons Ht. 6-0 Wt. 190 Pos. C Age 24 AND COUNTING 8 Number of goals for Potulny through nine games this year PART OF RYAN POTULNY’S natural ability as a goal-scorer is being in the right place at the right time. Never was that more true than in the early morning hours of April 25, 2008. Potulny’s snap shot from between the faceoff circles 2:58 into the fifth overtime ended the longest game in AHL history, giving the Philadelphia Phantoms a victory in Game 5 of their first round series with Albany. “It’s very special to be the guy who scored the goal,” Potulny said. “Everyone who was out there was giving it everything that they had. Every shift, you’re trying to find a way to do something to help the team.” Potulny, 24, is at it again…
My Way or the Highway
This week we asked two NHL coaches: How often do you practise the shootout? I believe it’s a way to earn valuable points, so we try to make it fun, make it a competition for the guys. Not every practice, but several times a week. Several players take it upon themselves to practise it after normal practice. They have fun, make it a friendly competition. As a team, we include random drills that emphasize those techniques, but it varies as to when we include them.…
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